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Opinion: Keep Government And Commercial Space Operators Together

Last summer, a high-resolution imaging satellite was hit by debris, an incident that could have significantly damaged the spacecraft and prevented it from delivering imagery to its commercial and government users. But a pilot program, started in June 2015 to increase collaboration between the U.S. military and satellite industry for enhanced space domain awareness, led to a rapid response. A notification of a “debris-causing event” went out quickly, and this new program ...

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"The implementation of a permanent CIC will require a new, enduring framework based on the pilot program’s concept of employment, which has outlined how the cell serves as a bridge between industry and the government to better protect the space environment. In a broader sense, the concept of employment demonstrates how rapidly the initiative has matured both operationally and culturally in its first year, significantly advancing the vision of a productive partnership with a fully complementary and collaborative focus. "

Corporate Quack to English translation: A permanent program to replace the pilot one will require adaption of what worked with the pilot program and fixing what didn’t.

"As we proceed with maturing and evolving the CIC, we eagerly anticipate transitioning from conceptualizing and piloting to a more enduring role within the JSpOC. I look forward to watching the CIC become a permanent feature of the JSpOC and continue demonstrating the importance of this partnership."

That paragraph disapproved by the ACAPA* due to insufficient acronyms.

Perhaps is time to reintroduce English to corporate America. It could drastically improve productivity. I guess we need to have the SJUC** call an executive meeting about that.

First I would like to say as a paying subscriber to Aviation Weakly for decades I am disgusted by said publications recent employment of pop up advertising on their website. This is a stain on the integrity of an otherwise respectable publication.

This article is informative and demonstrates the functionality of the CIC, but it ignores the abatement of orbital debris. What are they going to do? Just talk about it until there is no open space left? The government and commercial interests operating in space should be held accountable for all the junk or debris they leave in orbit.

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